Chapter 4. Accessioning and Stabilization Workflow
Authors
Erin Baucom
Abstract
Chapter 4 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 57, no. 4), “Creating Adaptable Digital Preservation Workflows,” presents a detailed description of an accession workflow including what documentation to gather, what to record about each accession, and how to record it. The discussion then moves into a stabilization workflow that focuses on gaining intellectual control over digital materials and getting the materials to a point where passive digital preservation will safeguard the accession until it is ready to be processed.
Author Biography
Erin Baucom
Erin Baucom is an associate professor and the digital archivist at the University of Montana. She is responsible for developing strategies, workflows, and policies for ingest, management, and preservation of born-digital materials acquired archives. She provides digital asset management instruction to the students, faculty, and staff of the university. She earned her master’s degree in library science with a concentration in archives and records management from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2016. She also holds a BA in history from Old Dominion University.
